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Natasha Taylor
Summary
Currently a Research Fellow at National University of Singapore. Short biography for the left-hand sidebar
Education
- 2024The University of Sydney
- 2019The University of SydneyGPA: Distinction
Work Experience
- Research Fellow
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
Publications
- Shaking with Fear2020BrainThis paper is an invited perspective piece on the role of noradrenaline in modulating tremor in Parkinson's Disease.
- Structural and Functional Correlates of Hallucinations and Illusions in Parkinson’s Disease’2021Journal of Parkinson's DiseaseThis paper is about structural and functional changes in visual hallucinations in Parkinson's Disease.
- Limbic hypoconnectivity in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder with impulse control disorders2021Journal of NeurologyThis paper is about hypoconnectivity changes in REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder.
- Understanding the effects of serotonin in the brain through its role in the gastrointestinal tract2022BrainThis paper is a review about the role of serotonin in mediating brain activity through interactions with the gut.
- The role of the Locus Coeruleus in shaping adaptive cortical melodies2022Trends in Cognitive SciencesThis paper is a review about the role of noradrenaline in faciliating global brain activity for adaptive behaviour.
- The Contribution of Noradrenergic Activity to Anxiety‐Induced Freezing of Gait2022Movement DisordersThis paper is a about the role of the noradrenergic system in driving anxiety induced freezing of gait in Parkinson's Disease.
- The Structural and Functional Connectivity of Neuromodulatory systems underpins dynamic shifts in brain network topology and attractor landscape topography2022NeuroimageThis paper is a about the relationship between noradrenergic and cholinergic structural connectivity faciliates dynamic brain state shifts.
- A whole new world: embracing the systems-level to understand the indirect impact of pathology in neurodegenerative disorders2022Journal of NeurologyThis paper is a review paper about embracing systems-level approaches to understanding neuropathology in the brain.
- Modulating arousal to overcome gait impairments in Parkinson’s disease: how the noradrenergic system may act as a double-edged sword2023Translational NeurodegenerationThis paper is a review paper about the role of arousal in gait related impairments in Parkinson's Disease.
- Abnormal higher-order network interactions in Parkinson’s disease visual hallucinations2023BrainThis paper is a higher-order cortical changes during visual hallucinations in Parkinson's disease.
- Effect of dopamine on limbic network connectivity at rest in Parkinson’s disease patients with freezing of gait2024Translational NeuroscienceThis paper is about the effect of dopamine on resting state connectivity in Parkinson's Disease.
- Causal evidence for cholinergic stabilisation of attractor landscape dynamics2024Cell ReportThis paper is about the role of the cholinergic system in casually driving brain state shifts.
- Dopamine alters functional gradients in Parkinson’s disease2025Imaging NeuroscienceThis paper is about the dopaminergic related functional gradient changes in Parkinson's Disease.
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Signatures of Progression and Phenoconversion in Prodromal Synucleinopathies2025Movement DisordersThis paper is about the prodromal functional changes in prodromal synucleopathies.
- See through the Static: Reduced Imagery vividness in Aphantasia is associated with impaired temporal lobe signal complexity2025NeuropsychologiaThis paper is about the functional related complexity changes in Aphantasia.
- Susceptibility to visual hallucinations in the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-frontotemporal dementia spectrum: the role of dysfunctional attentional networks2025CortexThis paper is about the functional changes in visual hallucinations in ALS and dementia.
- Dysfunctional Preoperative Resting-state Network Connectivity predicts Post-operative delirium2025British Journal of AnaesthesiaThis paper is about the functional connectivity changes that are predictive of post-operative delirium.
- Preoperative Cholinergic Signatures Drive Segregated Brain Architecture in Postoperative Delirium’2025Under reviewThis paper is about the cholinergic alterations as predictor of brain architecture changes in post-operative delirium.
Presentations
- Organisation for Human Brain Mapping International Presentation2020Online - COVIDInternational
- International Society for Posture and Gait Research2022ConferenceCanada
- Organization for Computational Neuroscience Presentation2022ConferenceMelbourne, Australia
- Complexity, Criticality, Computation Presentation2023ConferenceHeron Island, Australia
- Complexity, Criticality, Computation Presentation2023ConferenceHeron Island, Australia
- Sydney Clinical Imaging Symposium Invited Guest Speaker2024ConferenceSydney, AustraliaAwarded best presentation
- OHBM International Conference2025ConferenceBrisbane, Australia
- Guest Speaker - Centre for Sleep & Cognition, NUS2025Invited SpeakerSingapore
- Guest Speaker - Nanyang Technological University2025Invited SpeakerSingapore
- Society of Neuroscience - Singapore2025Invited SpeakerSingapore
Teaching
- Teaching experience 12014University 1, DepartmentRole: Undergraduate course
- Teaching experience 22015University 1, DepartmentRole: Workshop
Portfolio
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